Sulky attachment for harrows.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

I M. W. NEUENS; SULKY ATTACHMENT FOR HARROWS.

APPLICATION I'ILED NOV. 24, 1905,

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APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1905.

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. n J I I Crlazwaa/g/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL .W. NEUENS, OF PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO WESTERNIMPLEMENT COMPANY, OF PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application filed November 24, 1905. Serial No. 288841.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MIcHAEL W. NEUENs, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Port Washington, in thecounty of Ozaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sulky Attachments for Harrows; and I do hereby.declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a light, durable, and rigidsteel-constructed sulky attachment for harrows, which owing to itspeculiar lever connection with a dragbar Wlll follow the travel of saidharrows when turning and not deflect the driver upon the seat from hisnormal position facing the team, said invention consisting in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fullyset forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequentlyclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a harrow-sulkyembodying the features of my invention, having a harrow attachedthereto, said view being shown with the axle and drag-bar in section tobetter illustrate the device; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3,an enlarged detail rear elevation of the sulky-axle and its connectionswith parts broken away and in section to better illustrate theinvention; Fig. 4, a detail sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, andFig. 5 2 detail cross-section of the'axle on line 5 5 in Referrin byletter to the drawings, A represents a rag-bar which is pivoted to thereach B through a depending bracket D, the latter being flanged andbolted to the end of said reach to form a rigid extension of the same.The rear end of the reach is secured to an angle-iron axle E by a bolt11, said axle and .reachbeing braced by angle-iron hounds F, made fastto the under side of the reach by a bolt b, the rear ends being fast tothe under side of the axle by bolts 0 and nuts 01, the said dra -bar,reach, and axle together forming a rigi running-gear. An angle-ironseat-supporting standard G is secured to the top of the reach by thebolt 6 aforesaid,which, as stated, also secures the strip F thereto.This standard carries a seat H and is braced by a strap I, bolted to theupper end thereof and also to the axle E by the bolts 0 and nuts 6. Asbest illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, the

axle E is constructed of two bars J J, of U- iron, having their flatfaces bolted together by the said bolts 0, which, with the nuts d 6,also clamp the hounds F and brace-strap I. The bars J are furtherclamped by the bolt a, which passes up through them and secures thereach B, as stated. The ends of the bars J are spread apart to formspanners for the reception of swivel-blocks L, the latter being pivotedin said spanners by king-bolts M, upon which said swivel-cranks havehorizontal motion. The king-bolts M are shouldered against the lowerspanner-arms and threaded to receive nuts f, which serve to hold saidbolts in place and at the same time bind the spanner-arms togetherwithout cramping the free movement of the swivelblocks. Theswivel-blocks are provided with studs N, projecting therefrom slightlyto 'the rear of the king-bolts to facilitate traction of the wheels 0,which are mounted upon said studs. Extending forward of said king-boltsfrom the aforesaid swivel-blocks are crank-arms P, that are at rightangles to the studs N, and serve the purpose of guiding the sulky in themanner hereinafter described. The crankarms P, together with the wheels0, are held parallel with each other by an angle-iron cross-bar Q,pivoted near the ends of said arms by bolts 9, and this cross-bar isconfined and supported by passing between the under side of the reach Band the upper face of the hounds F, thereby serving to increase therigidity of the entire wheel-steering gear. The crank-arms P terminatein cars for the reception of steering rods R, which are crossed andconnected (upon opposite sides of the reach) to the drag-bar A by linksh, and the harrows S, as shown, are similarly connected to said reachbut the means of attaching both the rods and harrows forms no part of myinvention and may vary.

A suitable foot-rest T is secured to the reach B within convenientdistance of the seat.

As best illustrated in Fig. 2, when a turn is made with my device thedrag-bar will swing upon its pivot connection with the reach in thedirection of the team, this action causing one of the rods to slackenand the opposite one to draw, thereby pulling its corresponding wheelforward at an angle to the sulkyframe and moving the opposite wheel at acorresponding angle backward, thus setting the wheels at the-desiredparallel angle with relation to the sulky-frame to describe a curve theradius of which is suflicien't to steer the sulky around 'in the trackof the harrows and maintain the proper relative position between thedriver and team.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is t 1. In a sulky attachment 'for harrows, arunning-gear comprising a rigidly-connected axle and reach, a seatsecuredthereto, a dragbar pivoted to an end ofthe reach, swivelblocksvertically pivoted to the ends'o f said axle, wheels mounted-inconnection with'the swivelblocks, and means connecting said swivelblocks and drag bar, whereby the wheels are positively actuatedindependent of the sulky-frame.

2. In a sulky attachment for harrows, a running-gear comprising arigidly-connected axle and reach a seatsecured thereto, a drag-- barpivoted to an end of the reach, swivelblocks vertically pivoted to theends of said axle, wheels mounted in connection'with the swivel-blocks,arms projecting from said swivel-blocks forward-of their pivots, a barconnecting the-arms, and means connecting the arms and drag-bar, wherebythe wheels are positively actuated independent of the sulky-frame.

3. In a sulky attachment for harrows, a running-gear comprising arigidly-connected axle and reach, asea't secured thereto, a dragbarpivoted to an end of the reach, swivelblocks vertically pivoted to theends'of the axle, lateral studs 'projectingfrom-the swivelblocks, wheelsmounted upon the studs, crank-arms extending from said swivelblockstorward of their" 'i'vots, a bar connecting the crank-arms, ancross-rods connectward of their pivots, a bar connecting the crank-armsand arranged to rest uponsaid hounds, and'cross-rods connectingsaidcrankarms anddrag barupon'opposite sides ofthe reach.

5. In a sulky attachment for harrows, a

reach, a two-part axle centrally bolted'thereto, hounds secured to thereach forward of the axle and having their ends extending backward andintersecting the said axle, a

seat support arranged to rest at each end upon the axle, and bolts forsecuring said seat-support, hound ends and two-part-axle together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atPort Washington, in the county of Ozaukee andState of Wisconsin, in thepresenceof two witnesses.

MICHAEL W. NEUENS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD BA'RELMA'N, AUG BOERGER,

